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Nature 451, 636-637 (7 February 2008) | doi:10.1038/451636a; Published online 6 February 2008

Device physics: Update on 3D displays

Joseph W. Perry1

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Static three-dimensional images are easy to make using holographic techniques. Moving pictures are more of a problem. A palm-sized, updatable display using a specially designed polymer could be a breakthrough.

Moviegoers who crave that feeling of being 'inside' the action will welcome the news from Tay et al. on page 694 of this issue1. The authors report a development that brings this dream a step closer to reality — an updatable, three-dimensional display based on cheap, easy-to-process photorefractive polymer materials.

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